Leave the Rake in the Shed!
What to do with leaf litter…… The leaves on neighboring trees have turned color and are falling to the ground. Time to get out the rake??? That’s what most of us are used to doing. But consider leaving the leaves where they fall. There are many environmental benefits to leaving leaves in the garden/lawn that […]
SAVE THE DATE! Elk Grove Greener Gardens EXPO & Garden Tour – April 25th!
Enter to win a free ‘Greener’ Garden Landscape Design! The EXPO will feature hands-on demonstration stations and experts that will help you create a ‘greener’, more sustainable garden.
Rain Garden in Action
One of the LCWC members of the Board who lives in Camden replaced grass in his front lawn with a rain garden a number of years ago.
“Living beyond a sustainable level has consequences.”
Looking through the Sacramento Bee an article published this week popped out at me. The article talks about Sacramento area water use and limitations that this area will face in the near future… “Living beyond a sustainable level has consequences. We’re going to have to bring the use of water into a reasonable balance with available supplies.”
Lawns into Gardens
Except from ‘Lawn into Gardens’ By Mark Bittman The seed catalogs have arrived, and for the roughly 15 percent of Americans who appreciate the joys and rewards of growing some of their own crops, this is a more encouraging sign than Groundhog Day or even the reporting of pitchers and catchers to spring training. […]